6-year-old killed in tractor accident

6:31 AM,
Jul. 29, 2013

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Advocate Staff Report

A 6-year-old Newark boy was killed Sunday afternoon when he fell off a tractor his father was driving and was run over.

According to the Licking County Sheriff's Office, Shawn M. Watson, 25, 223 Maholm St., Newark, was hauling firewood around 5 p.m. Sunday from a wooded area at 9198 Martinsburg Road, when his son fell off and was run over.

Air Evac, Utica and Newton Township responded to the scene, and according to a Newton spokesman, Utica EMS transported the boy to ...